A ceramic article includes a ceramic matrix composite that has a porous reinforcement structure and a ceramic matrix within pores of the porous reinforcement structure. The ceramic matrix composite includes a surface zone comprised of an exterior surface of the ceramic matrix composite and pores that extend from the exterior surface into the ceramic matrix composite. A glaze material seals the surface zone within the pores of the surface zone and on the exterior surface of the surface zone as an exterior glaze layer on the ceramic matrix composite. The glaze material is a glass or glass-ceramic material. The ceramic matrix composite includes an interior zone under the surface zone, and the interior zone is free of any of the glaze material and has a greater porosity than the surface zone.

An enamel composition for a glass-ceramic article, includes glass and talc. There is also provided a method for producing the enamel composition, which includes mixing a frit of glass and talc, and optional attrition of the mixture obtained.

A preparation method comprises: preparing a green body using green body powder; applying an overglaze on the surface of the green body; ink-jet printing a pattern on the surface of green body; applying a protective glaze on the surface of the green body; applying an anti-counterfeiting material on the surface of the green body; firing the green body, titanite and high-refractive-index oxide being wetted and wrapped by a molten liquid produced by melting a low-temperature glaze powder in a firing environment, and sunken into the protective glaze without generating opacification; and then polishing to obtain a ceramic plate having an anti-counterfeiting visual effect. The anti-counterfeiting visual effect is a visual effect in which a high-intensity refraction effect is achieved when the sight line direction is consistent with the path of reflected light, but no refraction effect is achieved when the sight line direction deviates from the path.

A method for forming an oxidation protection system on a carbon-carbon composite structure can comprise applying a boron slurry to the carbon-carbon composite structure, wherein the boron slurry comprises a boron compound, a first glass mixture, a first glass former, a first glass modifier, and a first carrier fluid, the first glass mixture including a first glass compound and a second glass compound, the first glass compound having a first viscosity-temperature profile that is at least one order of magnitude below a second viscosity-temperature profile of the second glass compound; applying a silicon slurry to the carbon-carbon composite structure, wherein the silicon slurry comprises a silicon compound, a third glass compound, a second glass former, a second glass modifier, and a second carrier fluid; and heating the carbon-carbon composite structure.

A glazing material for producing a glazed ceramic body, in which at a first temperature T.sub.1, the glazing material has a viscosity of more than 10.sup.2.5 Pa.Math.s, in particular more than 10.sup.4.0 Pa.Math.s, preferably more than 10.sup.5.6 Pa.Math.s and particularly preferably more than 10.sup.7.0 Pa.Math.s, and, which at a second temperature T.sub.2, which is higher than the first temperature, a viscosity of less than 10.sup.9 Pa.Math.s, in particular less than 10.sup.7 Pa.Math.s and preferably less than 10.sup.5.6 Pa.Math.s. The glazing material can be used for glazing a non-densely sintered substrate material.